www.freecom.com CABLE II PCMCIA / CardBus Rev. 112 FREECOM CABLE II PCMCIA / CABLE II CardBus GB Cable II PCMCIA Cable II CardBus 2 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS GB GENERAL INFORMATION: Hardware requirements ..................................................................... Page Software requirements ...................................................................... Page Precautionary measures and operating instructions ........................ Page 5 5 5 CHAPTER 1: Startup operation - Hardware installation ....................................... Page 6 CHAPTER 2: Software installation under Windows 95 ......................................... Page Software installation under Windows 98/ME ................................... Page 7 9 Software installation under Windows 2000 ..................................... Page 12 Software installation under Windows NT 4.0 ................................... Page 16 Software installation under DOS, Windows 3.x ............................... Page 17 CHAPTER 3: Troubleshooting - General problems .............................................. Page 19 © 2001 FREECOM Technologies 3 FREECOM CABLE II PCMCIA / CABLE II CardBus Dear User, GB welcome to the installation of your FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA, FREECOM Cable II CardBus. Before installing the drive, please read through the following points regarding its compatibility with your system. If not noted otherwise, the Cable II CardBus and Cable II PCMCIA are installed in the same way. GB FREECOM Technologies GmbH Berlin, Germany www.freecom.com Warning ! All rights reserved. The products named in this manual are only used for identification purposes and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies. This device was designed for home or office use. Warning! This device is equipment complying with EN55022 class A. This equipment can cause radio disturbances in a residential area. If this is the case, the user has to take appropriate measures and assume all responsibility and costs for. It may not be used near or with any life-sustaing systems. FREECOM Technologies is not liable for any damages that may occur from the use of a FREECOM system. All rights reserved. We reserve the right to upgrade our products in keeping with technological advances. 4 General Information General Information GB Reliable performance of the FREECOM Cable II cannot be guaranteed for configurations that do not meet the following requirements: GB Hardware requirements min. PC 486DX min. 16 MB RAM a PCMCIA Interface (type II) a CardBus Interface (type II) Software requirements DOS/Win 3.x Cable II PCMCIA Cable II CardBus * only read mode Win 95 x - Win 98 x x Win 2000 Win ME x x x x Win NT 4.0 x - x* - Precautionary measures and operating instructions Operate the FREECOM Cable II only in the temperature range from 10 - 45°C. If the FREECOM Cable II is moved from a cool location to a warmer one, wait until the Cable II and your system warms to the ambient temperature before using it, otherwise moisture from condensation could lead to errors. Do not use the FREECOM Cable II in a dusty environment. Do not drop the FREECOM Cable II or expose it to other types of shocks. The FREECOM Cable II should not be used near strong electromagnetic radiation sources (speakers, mobile phones, etc.). 5 FREECOM CABLE II PCMCIA / CABLE II CardBus GB 1 CHAPTER 1: Startup operation - Hardware installation FREECOM Cable II connection to drive GB Computer connection 1. Turn off your computer and all the equipment connected to it. 2. Connect the included power supply cable to the rear panel of the FREECOM device. Do not yet plug the power supply into the power outlet. 3. Connect the drive plug of the Cable II to the FREECOM device. 4. Attach the other connection on the Cable II to your PC. Following this, plug the power supply of the FREECOM device into a power outlet. 5. Turn on your computer again. 6. You can now begin installing the software (Chap. 2). "Plug&Play" with the Cable II PCMCIA for Windows 95 / 98, ME and Windows 2000 To use the FREECOM drive for Windows, primary installation must be carried out only once, according to the following software installation. The FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA is Plug&Play compatible. If you work with Windows, you can attach the PCMCIA while the drive is in use. Your FREECOM drive then appears under "My Computer". Likewise, you can remove the Cable II PCMCIA while the drive is in use, by first cancelling it. The FREECOM drive then disappears from "My Computer". To cancel the PCMCIA, click on "Start", "Settings", "Control Panel", "PC Card (PCMCIA)". Highlight the FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA and click on "Stop". The Cable II PCMCIA can be removed when the command "You may now safely remove the card" appears. 6 Software installation GB 1 CHAPTER 2: Software installation 2.1 Software installation under Windows 95 No special software is required to install your FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA. We however recommend using the driver on diskette/CD that we have enclosed. This has been specially developed by FREECOM and is faster than the Windows driver. FREECOM HighSpeed Driver (recommended) Note: If you are not prompted to install the driver, Windows will install the default driver automatically. Proceed then as described in the section on later installation of the FREECOM HighSpeed driver. To install the FREECOM driver, insert the FREECOM installation diskette/CD in your PC drive. 1. Plug the FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA into the PCMCIA slot of your PC. 2. The window "Hardware Installation Wizard" opens. The FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA is recognized as "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller". Confirm with "Next" to continue the installation. 3. The Freecom driver is found in the next the window. Confirm by clicking Finish. 4. The driver is installed from the disk/CD. 5. To finish installing the driver, Windows asks you to restart your computer. After restart your FREECOM drive appears under My Computer with new a new drive letter Uninstalling the FREECOM HighSpeed Driver To uninstall the FREECOM HighSpeed driver, select the file "DriverRemove.exe" on the installation diskette/CD and follow the on-screen instructions. Windows Default Driver No special software is required to install your FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA. 1. Plug the FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA into the PCMCIA slot of your PC. 2. The window "Hardware Installation Wizard" opens. The FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA is recognized as "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller". Confirm with "Next" to continue the installation. 3. The driver is found in the next window. To install the Windows default driver, click "Finish". 4. To finish installing the driver, Windows asks you to restart your computer. After restart your FREECOM drive appears under My Computer with new a new drive letter. GB 2 7 FREECOM CABLE II PCMCIA / CABLE II CardBus Later Installation of the FREECOM HighSpeed Driver GB 1 Note: If you are not prompted to install the driver, your system has automatically installed the Windows default driver for your FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA. To install the FREECOM HighSpeed driver, proceed as follows: 1. Plug the FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA into the PCMCIA slot of your PC. 2. Open the "Device Manager" by right-clicking on the "My Computer" icon. A menu opens. Select "Properties" and click on the "Device Manager" tab. 3. Click on the "+" next to the entry "Hard disk controllers". 4. Double-click on "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller". 5. Open the "Driver" tab. Then click on "Update Driver". 6. The "Update Device Driver Wizard" opens. Click on "Next". 7. The Freecom driver is automatically found in the next window. 8. To start the driver update, click Finish. To finish installation, Windows asks you to restart your computer. Confirm by clicking Yes 9. After restart your FREECOM drive appears under My Computer with new a new drive letter. Installation is now complete 8 Software installation 2.2 Software installation under Windows 98/ME No special software is required to install your FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA. We however recommend using the driver on diskette/CD that we have enclosed. This has been specially developed by FREECOM and is faster than the Windows driver. GB 1 FREECOM HighSpeed Driver (recommended) Note: If you are not prompted to install the driver, Windows will install the default driver automatically. Proceed then as described in the section on later installation of the FREECOM HighSpeed driver. To install the FREECOM driver, insert the FREECOM installation diskette/CD in your PC drive. 1. Plug the FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA into the PCMCIA slot of your PC. 2. The window "Hardware Installation Wizard" opens. The FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA is recognized as "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller". Confirm with "Next" to continue the installation. 3. In the next window the option for finding the best driver for the device has been selected. Confirm with "Next". 4. In the next window a search is performed for the new driver. Select the floppy drive or the CD-ROM drive to install the FREECOM driver. Click on "Next". 5. The driver is loaded from the diskette/CD. Click on "Next" to continue the installation. 6. After completion of the installation, click on "Finish". Your FREECOM drive appears with a new drive letter under "My Computer". The installation is then complete. Uninstalling the FREECOM HighSpeed Driver To uninstall the FREECOM HighSpeed driver, select the file "DriverRemove.exe" on the installation diskette/CD and follow the on-screen instructions. 9 FREECOM CABLE II PCMCIA / CABLE II CardBus Windows 98 Default Driver GB 2 No driver software is required to install the Windows default driver. 1. Plug the FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA into the PCMCIA slot of your PC. 2. The window "Hardware Installation Wizard" opens. Your FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA is recognized as "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller". Confirm with "Next" to continue the installation. 3. In the next window the option for finding the best driver for the device has been selected. Confirm with "Next". 4. In the next window a search is performed for the new driver. Click on "Next" to install the Windows default driver. 5. In the next window, click on "Finish" to conclude the driver installation. Your FREECOM drive now appears with a new drive letter under "My Computer". Later Installation of the FREECOM HighSpeed Driver Windows 98/ME Note: If you are not prompted to install the driver, your system has automatically installed the Windows default driver for your FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA. To install the FREECOM HighSpeed driver, proceed as follows: 1. Plug the FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA into the PCMCIA slot of your PC. 2. Open the "Device Manager" by right-clicking on the "My Computer" icon. A menu opens. Select "Properties" and click on the "Device Manager" tab. 3. Click on the "+" next to the entry "Hard disk controllers". 4. Double-click on "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller". 5. Open the "Driver" tab. Then click on "Update Driver". 6. The "Update Device Driver Wizard" opens. Click on "Next". 7. In the next window the default is selected for finding a better driver than that currently being used. (Recommended.) Confirm with "Next". 8. Now you can select where the FREECOM HighSpeed driver is to be installed. Insert the FREECOM driver diskette/CD and select the floppy drive or the CDROM drive. Confirm with "Next". 9. The FREECOM HighSpeed driver is then searched. Confirm the selection afterwards with "Next". The FREECOM HighSpeed driver is now installed. 10. After completion of the installation, click on "Finish". Your FREECOM drive appears with a new drive letter under "My Computer". The installation is then complete. 10 Software installation Uninstallation of Windows Default Driver Windows 98 1. Plug the FREECOM Cable II PCMCIA into the PCMCIA slot of your PC. 2. Open the "Device Manager" by right-clicking on the "My Computer" icon. A menu opens. Select "Properties" and click on the "Device Manager" tab. 3. Click on the "+" next to the entry "Hard disk controllers". 4. Right-click on "Standard IDE/ESDI Hard Disk Controller" and select the delete option. GB 2 2.3 Assigning the drive letter under Windows 95/98/ME After successfully completing the installation of the FREECOM drive, a new drive letter is assigned automatically (the first available letter after the internal hard drives). This can shift the drive letter of an internal CD-ROM drive (for example, 'D' to 'E'). If this leads to problems, it is possible to change the drive letter assignment as follows: 1. Click on "Start" - "Settings" - "Control Panel". 2. Click on "System". 3. Select "Device Manager" and click on "CD-ROM" or "Drive". 4. Click on the FREECOM drive, then on "Properties" - "Settings". (The currently assigned drive letter as well as the reserved drive letters will then be displayed.) 5. Under "Reserved Drive Letter" enter a dr ...